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This topic explains how to apply local formatting to text. It is recommended though, to format
text using style sheets; see "Styling and formatting" on page718 and "Styling templates with
CSS files" on page719.
Tip
With the Copy fit feature, text can automatically be scaled to the available space in a Box or Div.
See "Copy Fit" on page735.
Formatting text and paragraphs locally
An intuitive way of formatting text locally is by using the toolbar buttons: select some text, or an
element that contains text (see: "Selecting an element" on page608) and click one of the
toolbar buttons to make it bold, center it, create a numbered or bulleted list, etc.
Tip
To quickly change a paragraph into a Heading, place the cursor inside of it, or select the
paragraph (see: "Selecting an element" on page608). Then select the appropriate
element, either on the Format menu, or from the 'Element type' drop-down on the toolbar.
More local formatting options are available in the Formatting dialogs; see below.
Formatting text
To open the Text Formatting dialog, select some text and then select Format > Text. In the Text
Formatting dialog you can set:
l The font, font size, color and background color:
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Font: Select the font used to display text. See also: "Fonts" on page756. This is
equivalent to setting the font-family property in CSS.
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Font size. Enter the size in a measure, named size or percentage. This is
equivalent to setting the font-size property in CSS.
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Color: Specify the color of the text: select a named color (defined in the Colors
Editor) from the drop-down, or click the colored square to open the Color Picker
dialog ("Color Picker" on page926). Alternatively you could type a name or value in
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